August 30, 2008

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A counter to the outpouring of pro-Palin people from Dem campaign sources in Ohio:

We've had multiple diehard Hillary supporters come into our office yesterday and today and say that HRC's speech didn't sway them and neither did Obama's, but they resent the Palin pick as trying to manipulate them and think it's insulting to compare her to Hillary, and they have gone from sitting this out to volunteering for Barack.

There is a backlash we're seeing among HRC supporters who are now coming over.

Also, Obama's camp notes that Democratic women aren't exactly flocking to the GOP ticket now. A new poll on the pick out from Gallup shows that, among this group, only 9 percent said Palin makes them more likely to back McCain, while 15 percent said it would make them less likely.

Further, among all voters, 39 percent says she would be ready to be president if needed, while 33 percent say she's not. Asked the same question about Biden, 57 percent said he was ready, while 18 percent said he wasn't.

Just like I said the left is going to go full throttle on this, every positive of Governor Palin will be responded to, with horsefeathers.

It is all people that have been excited by this pick not just the GOP and Democrats it is the regular people the ones the Democratas claim to speak for they are the ones who are calling to get involved, that sixty plus percent of the country who say they are more conservative than less.

Palin is going to be huge on the campaign trail a 'rock star' for everyone in there 30s and 40s. Oh and did I mention her husband Tod is a member and official of the Steel Workers Union, that's right. Now do the Unions turn on one of their own, the leadership maybe, the rank and file never. Again a great pick. On to November.

So, what you are saying is that the less attractive fifty to sixty something Dems STILL have no one to identify with so they will abandon their gender in order to rejoin the aging, nanny-state panderer. I can certainly see where if someone has identified with the shrew-crew including the likes of Hillary, Boxer, Pelosi, Feinstein etc. etc. most of whom resemble male impersonators, they would have difficulty even considering a young, vital, attractive, thin, well-spoken, intelligent, vibrant, accomplished woman. Good riddance...I say.

Hillary was obviously the better and more qualified candidate and Romney would have been the better and more qualified candidate but both parties are so scared of offending minorities that they choose "diversity" over excellence.

Tubby, that was an uncalled for comment about bitter lesbians.
I am a bitter, gun and Bible carrying lesbian Democrat looking for a candidate to vote for. Please don't make me regret looking at McCain/Palin.

I worked harder for Hillary than any other politician I've ever volunteered for and to see my party do this really saddens me. I put my heart and soul into this campaign and to see it squandered is tragic.

What are the poll results when the same "ready to be President" question is asked about the Presidential candidates?
Funny, the Dems argue that we should be concerned that if the guy at the top of our ticket dies in office we would end up with an inexperienced President in office. While with their ticket we have the same problem if the guy at the top of their ticket does not.

Why are people assuming McCain choose Palin as a Hillary-substitute? That assumption alone is sexist and demeaning to all women. Palin is an accomplished governor in her own right. She doesn't need to ride on the coat-tails of her husband or Clinton.
Women and men will have to decide - do they want a ticket that promises change but promotes only a shallow and long record of the same tried-and-failed policies of high taxes,free hand-outs, and high unemployment or a ticket offering proven records of fighting governmnet corruption, cutting taxes, and standing for the people and against pompous politicians. For anyone but the most extreme liberals, the choice is obvious.

I think Hillary was pretty on target: "policies would take America in the wrong direction." I for one am not interested in continuing the current movement in the wrong direction. This choice by McCain is an indication of very poor judgement--- truly scary. While I didn't plan to vote for McCain before, now I will work my hardest to make sure Colorado goes blue.
Signed,
A woman voter

I love seeing comments that are dripping with ageism from liberals. They are so tolerant after all. Hint, you need senior voters to win.
As to the premise of the blog post. McCain raised a lot of money and fired up the base which doubted his conservative credentials. If even a few disaffected women cross over, this is a big net gain.
And as someone who grew up in Arkansas with Bill and Hill as gov and first lady, i often smirk when I see discussions of how much she has accomplised. She was hired by the Rose Firm after her husband became state AG and was mainly a rainmaker for the firm. And if she was simply Hillary Rodham rather than Hillary Rodham Clinton, she would not be the Senator from NY.
Like her or not, Palin has accomplished everything on her own with out the boost of a famous name or spouse.

1. He?s desperate. Let?s stop pretending this race is as close as national polling suggests. The truth is McCain is essentially tied or trailing in every swing state that matters ? and too close for comfort in several states like Indiana and Montana the GOP usually wins pretty easily in presidential races. On top of that, voters seem very inclined to elect Democrats in general this election ? and very sick of the Bush years.
McCain could easily lose in an electoral landslide. That is the private view of Democrats and Republicans alike.
6 things the Palin pick says about McCain
Politico.com mclame is done

As far as the 39% number, Palin is a relative unknown and has time to change that perception.
As i said in a prior thread, it is hypocritical to say that Palin is unqualified to be VP where she MIGHT have to be president and Obama is qualified to actually BE president. If Palin is unqualified for number two, then Obama is qualified to be number 1. As Hillary said, all Obama has is a speech he gave in 2002.

You women supporters by the way no Hillary ever as president then. Forget about Hillary in 2012. Obama will replace Biden in 2012 with his heir. If you love Hillary so much don't you want her as president. To Hillary supporters McCain also has moderate women supporters like Meg Whitman. Obama dissed Hillary saying her foreign policy experience was having tea with leaders. Obama said the claws were coming out.

McCain admired how she shook up alaska and ran against murkowski. McCain admired her passing tough lobbying reform. McCain admired her cutting spending. McCain and Hillary are friends. They have traveled to alaska together. McCain praised hillary calling her a great lady how much fight she showed. In January in florida back then McCain was saying how much he admired hillary outcampaigning obama in new hampshire. McCain and Hillary are friends.

Posted By: McCain picked her because she was a maverick | August 30, 2008 at 05:42 PM

f that old McCain guy - or whatever his name is - dies.....
I think she would be a great president!!!!!!!!!
She has so much energy!!!!!!!!!
And she dresses so professionally.
And I know she would help America's children and probably the whole world's children.
I bet she was a cheerleader...she is THAT beautiful.

Ah, and Martin and Politico believe the DNC spin huh? Look, if 15% of women who were dissed along with Hil vote for John, that is a huge number. There will be few Pubs, women included who will be supporting the socialist pacifist ticket and the Messiah. And we shall await until next Thurs, if that damn hurricane doesn't land, to see polling numbers on the entire Pub ticket. The MSM is already in the tank for the Dems so of course they hate this Palin pick. It changes the equation.

Also, Obama's camp notes that Democratic women aren't exactly flocking to the GOP ticket now. A new poll on the pick out from Gallup shows that, among this group, only 9 percent said Palin makes them more likely to back McCain, while 15 percent said it would make them less likely.

"Only" nine percent?!?!

Uhh, this is HUGELY BAD news for Obama. 9% of Democratic women is now considering voting for a Republican.

McCain's just loosened Obama's grip on 1 in 10 of one of his core constituencies. That's hugely damaging to Obama.

Further, among all voters, 39 percent says she would be ready to be president if needed, while 33 percent say she's not. Asked the same question about Biden, 57 percent said he was ready, while 18 percent said he wasn't.

I work in an office of women, both Dems and Repubs and they were ALL disgusted by the news of McCain's choice. Disgusted and insulted. Not one of them were fooled by his blatent pandering, and scared to death of his reckless choice. If this is the result of his first executive decision as the Republican nominee, Id hate to see his choices if he became POTUS. God Help Us All.
Oh and for all the tit for tat about Obama v. Palin, Obama was chosen by the people in America, he ran a campaign for 18 months to win this nomination. He earned his place in the contest to be in the White House. Palin has not. I didn't vote for Hillary, but if I did I'd be one angry woman right now. To think that the first woman in the white house would be someone who didn't deserve it, who was just there as a token gimmick - I'm getting more angry thinking about it.
AND I'M NOT THE ONLY WOMAN WHO FEELS THIS WAY.

David that's some wishful thinking. But very typical of the type of decisions neoRepublicans make. If all else stays constant, we can ______________. If all else stays constant, we can invade Iraq overthrow the government, be treated as liberators and install a democracy in 6 weeks at a minimal cost. If all else stays constant we can privitize EVERYTHING, because the market is so f'ing efficient. If all else stays constant We can put missiles in Poland and continue to boss around Russia.... It's this type of hypothetical myopic thinking that has lead to so many bad decisions. It's absolute disregard for the golden rule. It's the What would we do if they did that to us question? What would we do if Russia pulled Canada Mexico and most central american countries into a strategic military alliance. To mine oil from Canada and bypass the US. What would we do if Russia put missiles in Cuba for 'defense'? What would we do if Saudi Arabia invaded and occupied Mexico because some citizens of Mexico had murdered theirs? What would we do if Russia had won the Cold War and continued to poke us in the eye every chance they got? What would we do if Timothy McVeigh had blown up some Saudi Arabian buildings, and they attacked our Country and occupied it for 6 years. Shooting our people and letting God sort it out. Shoot first ask questions later, all else constant that should be good.

I supported Hillary during the primaries and to suggest that an old man pick a pretty, yet inexperienced woman and I would vote for him - because of her gender is nonsense. I happen to vote by my beliefs and policies NOT because of gender! Afterall John McCain - I do have a brain! It is sad that you are using the woman! Your credibility would have been more genuine to pick a Romney that knows something about the economy! What the heck does Palin know about the economy? You have admitted you know nothing - then you pick the least experienced candidate you could have chosen????? Obama-Biden 2008!

Tamsin, I don't know what your criteria for a real woman is, but this one is voting for McCain/Palin in November and PROUD to do it. So are my five real women sisters, my real woman mom, all of my real women friends, unless they are too cowardly to openly admit they are voting for Obama, my real women physical therapists, the real woman who checked me out at the childrens' shop yesterday... shall I go on?
Maybe you only consider she-woman man-haters or women who want to keep the option of butchering their offspring so they can continue to have irresponsible sex anytime they want, with anyone they want, to be "real" women.
Sarah Palin is a real woman if ever there was one. She is a feminist in the original sense of the word, before the feminazis commandeered it and made it an insult. You know, the original real feminists/suffragists were pro-life! That's not something NOW wants women to know, but it's the truth.

you Republicans are racist Obama A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. These figures do not include bills to which Obama contributed very substantially as cosponsor, such as the Coburn-Obama Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 or the Lugar-Obama Cooperative Proliferation Detection, Interdiction Assistance, and Conventional Threat Reduction Act of 2006, which were formally sponsored by Senators Coburn and Lugar, respectively. They also exclude amendments to other bills, although these in the Senate are not required to be germane to the parent bill and can therefore effectively be bills in their own right.3 Obama has co-sponsored 619 bills during the same time period Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions miss Palin is a "Hockey mom" silly mclame trick r for kids

buy-bye: You're not mentioning that a week ago it was 27%, now it's 9%. By November, it will be down under 5%. You and David aren't very good at Math - probably homeschooled like Palin.
Too bad, I thought Palin was Tina Fey when I first saw her.

THIS IS MY ONLY POSTING ON THIS MATTER AT 6:21 PM NO OTHERS ARE MINE! The Democrats have it all wrong. President Elect McCain did not choose a woman for VP just for the sake of choosing a woman. He picked the best candidate for the job of Vice President. He has always said that he would pick someone who reflected his views and policies - that is Gov Palin. He did not make his choice in the hopes of garnishing the votes of Democratic women. Vice President Elect Palin is, afterall, pro-life and so is President Elect McCain. We all know that the majority of women in the Democratic party are pro-choice. Nobody in the McCain camp truly expected to have an influx of women voters due to this pick. The only reason Gov Palin was chosen is because - she has it all in one package - the complete package that completes the McCain ticket! She just happens to be a woman! She is, however, the epitomy of what women are - flexible, adjustable, creative, intelligent, down to earth, ready to adapt to any situation, multi-tasked, intelligent and ready to serve! Many Democrats have said they know Hillary - and Sarah is not Hillary - they are right - she is so much more and all will see how much more in the coming weeks before November 4! You go Sarah - we are all behind you and President Elect McCain. You both have done us proud!

buy-bye: You're not mentioning that a week ago it was 27%, now it's 9%. By November, it will be down under 5%. You and David aren't very good at Math - probably homeschooled like Palin. Too bad, I thought Palin was Tina Fey when I first saw her.

Right. And how what percentage of Republican men did Biden's selection make want to vote for Obama? 0.0000000001% - One guy in Iowa thought about it for a millisecond?

There are obviously coordinated memes and sound bites being spread all over the internet in response to Palin's selection. "Lack of experience" was first, now we're seeing "female backlash", despite the fact that the numbers that the Dems themselves released don't back that up, but in fact point in the exact opposite direction, as the supposed backlash in a core Dem constituency is only 1.5 times as many Dem voters as McCain may very well have put in play.

Before being offered the VP slot in Sedona, Ariz... how many States had Mrs Palin been to in the last 20 years? What's she supposed to learn all about the lower 48 and the rest of the World!?!??!! This is why it mattered that only 2% of Republicans wanted her as backup President. What's the point of a representative democracy when the elected officials don't act in accordance with the people that they are supposed to represent?

Why isn't someone stating how insane McCain must be. It shouldn't matter if your a republican or democrat it should scare the living devil out of us that McCain met this woman one time and chose her to take his place if something happens? She has no idea of anything happening around the world? Good grief if you guys want to put your childrens lives in the hands of this woman who would you let babysit your children.

today mclame is a Conservative Tomorrow mcsame is a MAVERICK this guy lost to George W. Bush the dumbmess guy around lock at the polls Republicans 49-41 he is Behind in the state polls to he has not lead at all in the poll

Across-the-board Conservative is the steak, Reformer is the sauce, and Female is the bonus course. I can tell you beyond any doubt, that both the women and the men in the social conservative sector have moved overnight from tired and frustrated to super-excited and active.

Paul says that "women aren't offended" by the Palin pick. Uh, Paul, you've spoken to all of us? This women and her female friends find it incredibly insulting for McCain to assume that women are so desperate to see one of their gender elected as VP that they will vote against their own interests. It is condescending beyond belief to assume that the women who supported Hillary will embrace a candidate who is against choice, supports the teaching of creationism in schools, wants to expand drilling in Alaska, has no opinion on Iraq (according to her own statement) and evidently does not even understand what a vice-president does on a daily basis. The Republicans may think they've got themselves a Li'l Hill, but I think not.

Both the Gallup poll and the Rasmussen poll shows that women (not men) are the most skeptical about Palin.
Many women question her judgement to leave a 4 month old baby to run for Vice president. Most mothers think that is SELFISH when it comes to the baby.
Women also do NOT like to be manipulated and this pick by McCain feels manipulative. If McCain had picked Olympia Snowe, or a second term Repub governor to be his VP pick than women would think that he was picking the best person for the job.
By picking someone who has no foreign policy experience when we are at war in Iraq and Afghanistan says to America that McCain is NOT putting the Country first but his political aspirations first.

Real Woman, you and your sisters and girlfriends are in for a rude awakening if you are bought by the utter HYPOCRICY of McCain's token VP....I wonder if she will need to prove that her child is disabled when she applies for Social Security Disabilty benefits like I did because Sarah and her sugar daddy's party decided that disabled people were ripping the country off....Or I wonder if Phyllis Schafly will still berate and condemn mothers for working outside the home not that our TokenMom VP has a full time job. Or I wonder if Sarah will try and stop her party from trying to rescind the Family Leave Act, not that she proved that a woman can have a baby and doesn't need any time off to take care of him, even though he's disabled. So much for family values.
It's not enough that McCain chose a working mother with a disabled job that should win you over; what is she and her boss going to tod for the rest of the woking moms (and fathers) with disabled childen? Let me tell you from experience....NOTHING.

Yeah it was a stupid pick. And, in addition to the first-person evidence of women, intelligently, realizing this is a pander and insulting to them by thinking all women are replacable on McCain's fault, the actual numbers bear out that this was a disasterous pick. So what do the Republicans do now? Disagree with the numbers. It's amazing, it really is. The Republican Party, no matter how stupid of a decision they make, simply refuses to admit it. Unfortunatley it's back-firing on them. Palin was a disaster. The polls show it. They're gonna have to live with it. Way to blow it again, Johnny Mac.

Wow, she was really booed when she started quoting Hillary. Guess people realize just because you have a vejayjay like Hillary, that doesn't make you Hillary. People are wising up and it's only been 24 hours.

"you Republicans are racist Obama A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004."

What difference does that make? He's voted extreme left in his time in the Senate. EXTREME LEFT

That's the same as Kerry and other elitist leftist who have brilliant educational backgrounds. It means nothing if you're EXTREME LEFT OR RIGHT

Obama will lose because of his voting record is EXTREME LEFT not because he's black. That's the problem with the black community...they can't see anything except that someone is doing them wrong if we don't vote for a guy who is EXTREME LEFT

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Wake-up and smell the coffee! America is moderate who leans right. EXTREME LEFT has no chance of winning, EVER.

Both the Gallup poll and the Rasmussen poll shows that women (not men) are the most skeptical about Palin. Many women question her judgement to leave a 4 month old baby to run for Vice president. Most mothers think that is SELFISH when it comes to the baby. Women also do NOT like to be manipulated and this pick by McCain feels manipulative.

Oh, yeah, that's another meme being spread.

Palin's "irresonsible" for leaving her children.

So much for standing up for a woman's right to be equal to any man. That goes right out the window as soon as it's politically expedient.

Wow, she was really booed when she started quoting Hillary. Guess people realize just because you have a vejayjay like Hillary, that doesn't make you Hillary. People are wising up and it's only been 24 hours.

More wishful thinking.

"Mention of Hillary Clinton Gets Boos at a Republican Event"

That's indicative of nothing. Or do you place significance on Dick Cheney getting booed by Dems?

Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin need to take the foundational arguments against Obama: he is pro-appeasement; attended an anti-American and anti-Semitic church for more than 20 years; and, has no respect for human life.

Now spin doctors can claim that being two years Senators trumps being two years Governor. Sounds comparable in value to me. However, she is meant to be second banana for now, not top dog. And think about this; when was on major party's ticket person who did regular job in last decade of life (meaning not being just politician, or executive, or lawyer). So, who is champion of working classes now? Woman who went fishing salmon for living few years ago or couple of politicos-for-life?

bu-bye homeschooler- you obviously didn't see it. She was booed when she claimed to be like Hillary Clinton (pandering). She'd already mentioned Hillary earlier a couple of times and the small crowd didn't boo. What a turnout -500-600!
McPain = More War, Less Jobs!

So according to these voters McCain couldn't pick a women because it would be offensive to them. What a way to hold women back. I am sick of politics. I can't stand politics with every fiber of my body. Politics suck.

Posted By: This is outrageous McCain couldn't pick a women according to these voters | August 30, 2008 at 07:11 PM

Another reason this pick was so retarded: McCain threw a ton of red meat to the media right at the start of the convention. Now it will competing with two distractions. Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Sarah.

McCain doesn't get it. Women are not stupid. The only "Presidential" about Palin is her experience being the President of the PTA.
That's almost as laughable as when clown boy from Faux News said her foreign policy experience was that Alaska is near Russia.

Hillary supporters are die hard Democrats so why would they support a Republican with a woman VP? What they say now matters little as it is Nov 4th that counts. McCain made and excellent pick and has Obama and the Dems running scared. Can you just see good looking Sarah next to an ugly Biden. Who do you think they will be listening too and watching in the debates. Those are just the facts of life no matter how the Dems want to sputter and spit.

There is one big difference between Obama and Pawlin. Obama ran for office and people, actual real people had to choose him--Pawlin was pjust chosen--big difference. I doubt seriously if she had run with her experience, she would not have won. Best wishes to her.

Why do all these media folks assume all of Hillary supporters are pro choice or women. HRC had lots of men and pro life Dems who were supporting her. And some of us don?t care too much about one issue abortion. Some of us are done with kids and there are more important issues we are interested in. I am pro choice but certainly like Mccain pick of Sarah Palin.
She had the largest budget in the history of Alaska and she made the largest budget cuts. Sarah palin has done what Barack Obama claims he will do. We don?t want a talker we want a doer.
Sarah Palin is CIC of the Alaska Naional Guard and she is th eonly one in this race with executive experience. She knows about energy issues and is a fiscal conservative.
I know HRC is happy because she will get a chance to run in 2012 when Obama lose this November.
Only a maverick could understand you just cannot ignore the voices of 18 million Americans.
Obama pick will go down in history as the greatest political blunder!!!

Barack Obama's visceral anti-Americanism appeals to Democrats. His candidacy is built around policies such as surrendering US forces in Iraq (even when winning) and meeting unconditionally with Iran's genocidal leader. Both of these positions would be approved by extremists like Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers, neither of whom Obama, according to his campaign, now has anything to do with. Of course, Obama and his supporters are going to try to discredit Palin's selection. She's a woman.

Mladen,
"Now spin doctors can claim that being two years Senators trumps being two years Governor. Sounds comparable in value to me. However, she is meant to be second banana for now, not top dog. And think about this; when was on major party's ticket person who did regular job in last decade of life (meaning not being just politician, or executive, or lawyer). So, who is champion of working classes now? Woman who went fishing salmon for living few years ago or couple of politicos-for-life?"
You contradict yourself. First you say Obama has 2 years of experience, then call him a politico for life. Also, stop diminishing Barack's experience to 2 years. He was an Illinois Senator from 1997 to 2004 and then a US senator from 2004 to now.

Lawerance: 916 bills in 140 days? and serve on 5 committees plus chair the euro and nato affairs committee....When did he have time to go potty?????
You Dems got and are getting snookered....Hill took the popular vote by a landslide untill the press told you the superdelagates reneged on the backing of Hill and their votes put 'bama on top....YOUR VOTES NEVER COUNTED...You got suckered!!!!!!!!!

39% thought that she'd be ready? What percentage of America is retarded? Seriously! That's just ridiculous. She was the mayor of a town of 9000 people and the governor of a state that has less than 500,000 people. She's not prepared to be the mayor of new york let alone the president. She has ZERO international experience and ZERO national experience. 39%? That's absolutely absurd!

From Illinois and I can tell you that OB is nothing but a Chicago political hack. If you want what we are getting in IL, which is totally run by Dem's because of some stupid dishonest Rep's in the past, vote for OB. Gov Bag this week laid off 450 state worker, closed 12 state parks, and the state comptroller took 5 days off without pay. Was not interested in this election until McC nominated Sarah Barracuda. Go get'm girl. You have far more experience than the top of the Dem's ticket and more executive experience that the VP.

You Obama idiots are in for a big surprise...as a Hillary voter, I am SO excited about Sarah Palin! WHY would I be bitter??? I am thrilled that unlike Obambi, McCain had the good sense and the courage, (not to mention the balz!) to put a successful woman on the ticket. It was Obama and the dirty DNC that destroyed Hillary, NOT McCain, so WHY would I be insulted by his exciting and electrifying choice of Sarah Palin? I am so proud and happy to have an authentic, honest and hardworking woman like myself to root for in this election. I was voting against Obama rather than for McCain, but all that has changed with the Mccain/Palin ticket...Ladies: Unite for this incredible opportunity to put a real woman in the White house as VP! This is not an isolated feeling either, because everyone I talk to today has been ecstatic over Sarah Palin, as SHE is finally "the change we have been waiting for!" Obama is toast....

"Guess people realize just because you have a vejayjay like Hillary, that doesn't make you Hillary."

You're the one who brought up the whole vejayjay terminology. And now you want to pray for me? You should really pray for yourself.

I like vejayjay but I'll never let a woman use her vejayjay to manipulate me.

That doesn't make me angry. That makes me principled. But what would you understand about that, right? You probably control your husband with your vejayjay and if he doesn't obey the all-mighty vejayjay (your power) then he has a problem with women, right?

Strip you of your all-mighty vejayjay and what do you have left? Your thoughts? You fear being alone so your thoughts are out of the question. In the end all you have is your all-mighty vejayjay to justify your existence. And without it...you're empty.

You should rejoice that Palin has a vejayjay and has a history of using her convictions to fight big oil and her own party. Her CONVICTIONS not her VEJAYJAY. But what would you know about that, right?

You're a vejayjay focused woman or why else would you bring up that terminology?

All you Obama supporters that resent every time McCain brings up his former POW status, were you equally offended when John Kerry who was in Vietnam for just a few months and barely got a scratch (vs McCain being brutally tortured) worked his Vietnam military service into every other sentence. There's no comparison between McCain and Kerry's experiences in Vietnam. Obama vs. McCain is really unbelievable. Obama brings up his "community organizing" all the time. Never seem to hear what he actually accomplished with that. Did he get those people jobs or did he just give them "HOPE" that their situation might "CHANGE"?????

What does one need to do to be ready to be VP? I could be VP. The job is a vacation with alot of clout. The VP goes to funerals and makes sure the doctors have the President's health under control.... Of course Palin could be VP. So could Obama. The real question is HOW CAN THE OBAMA PEOPLE EVEN SUGGEST THAT PALIN ISN'T QUALIFIED WHEN OBAMA HAS NO GOVERNING EXPERIENCE AT ALL! HE HAS NEVER GOVERNED ANYTHING. NEVER MADE AN EXECUTIVE DECISION OF ANY KIND. You need experience to be President. You don't to be Vice-President!

I do not know what kind of sour moose milk Johnathan Martin is drinking. Palin will devastate the Dems by taking women voters in droves. I am listening to O as I type this out. He is so boring and predicable. Pure Socialism oozes out of the Orifices. Both ends.

This has got to be a joke right? I'm sitting here watching Palin speak and she seems like she is still speaking at the PTA. She's excited to meet Tom Ridge in person. It's great to see another part of the country. Is this for real? Maybe I'm not part of the demographic she's supposed to appeal to (I'm a 30 year old upper middle class woman) but everytime she says she was a hockey mom and part of the PTA it turns me off even more. It's the first thing she talks about. It's one thing to add that into the story in the middle. But starting off with it just sounds like she just woke up one day and ended up governor. On another note, and this is sad. I don't think PA, MI, and OH will go for this. Remember the high percentage of men that wouldn't vote for a woman as president (and Hillary seemed like a tough woman). Do you think they will go for this "hockey mom" (I know she's a governor, but I'm giving another perspective) with a baby in her arms as the VP and potential president with McCain's age? At first I was worried when I heard about this pick (I'm an Obama supporter). I was worried until a wihle ago when I watched her speak on TV.

It is obvious that McCain believes he can manipulate woman with bringing in a female candidate. It's nothing less than insulting to me as a woman and I believe it will be the same for others. When you get down to brass tax Palin is a Bush, Cheney, McCain Republican with words that make her sound like a " reformer" of the party. She is against conservation, for big oil and will work hard to fight against a woman's right to choose. ( the biggest right a woman can have )...

this is why he picked hockey momy he and his team looked at the Electoral coll. graph Obama's gonna win all the Kerry States looking at the state polls and Iowa he is up 7 Obama has been leading in New Mexico all year. State's full of Latinos 274 to 264 he has to win all six swing states this time Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado, and Nevada We're 50-50 on all six. It's like flipping a coin six times and getting six heads. One chance in 64, roughly 2%. mclame gets the odds u staunch conservative don t good luck at The Alamo mc-dumb-me's please go to RealClearPolitics or pollter no toss up on Electoral map good luck u r going to need it here is a good vp jesus because that is the alonely way he can when that is the Straight Talk

Obamabots--Sarah Palin was chosen because she's a twofer. She's a rising conservative star and dramatically energizes the Republican base. She siphons off some percent of the Hillary vote, as a free bonus for McCain, who already has 20-25% of Hillary's voters.
She's definitely got this Hillary supporters vote.

Hi TH. You are sadly mistaken. Americal wants small town values running the country. You are badly tone deaf as you were during the last election cycle. So many libs have gone completely out of their Gore since 2000. Sad

That poll is of democratic women, not a poll of Hillary supporters. I, for one, will absolutely support McCain/Palin now. She is a breath of fresh air, honest, and very likeable. This fabricated story about women being insulted is idiotic, and being pushed by the sexist Obama campaign. I can't wait to see the first put downs of Palin coming out of the Obama campaign. They're sexism worked on Hillary, but not this time.

I think the talk about Hillary supporters not backing Palin and being resentful is funny. I supported Hillary very strongly in the primary, and I had real reservations about Obama, what with the racist church and all. I watched the Democratic Convention last week ans I was very close to deciding to holding my nose to vote for the Dem ticket. Call it a pander or whatever else you will, but I, for one, am incredibly excited to have the opportunity once more to vote for a woman. I do not compare her to Hillary, they are two completely different people. I will, however, now enthusiastically support the Repulican ticket. Great choice, Senator McCain! Kudos!

Wow, this is great! Palin can kill a mosquito with a tomahawk at 100 yards and skin a bear in under a minute. And best of all...WAIT FOR IT!...she has a ******! Thank God McPOW didn't pick some Mormon freak or worse yet some drooling Southern Baptist preacher. Now he's got someone who's really qualified. And she DOES have international experience! She speaks about ten words of Aluet! Fluently. So shut up!

HELLO PEOPLE....THIS IS AN ACTUAL FACT:
My Republican sources tell me that at the night of Barack's speech, McSame had indeed made his choice on a VP, but his choice was not Sarah Palin, his choice was MITT ROMMNEY. Before Barack's speech, Rommney had already accepted the vp nod, but after Barack ended his speech, Rommney realized what must republicans knwe at that point....THAT THIS ELECTION IS LOST AND THAT BARACK OBAMA WILL WIN.....So Rommney called back MaCain and turned down the offer. McCain Phoned Pawlenty, Cantor and other Repubs that where on his shortlist, but no one accepted, they all know, that a fail run for the vice presidency is the best way to say goodbye to a political career, whit nowhere else to go, he called Sarah Palin, because she was the only that would accept.
The Repubs know that Palin have a lot of skeletons in the closet, which are:
1. Her husband work for BP petroleum in Russia, she has ties with big oil companies, that is why sshe says that global warming does not exist, that anwar should be drilled, and that the NRA should hunt all polar bears and gray wolves to extinction.
2. She is currently being investigated by the Alaska legislature for Abuse of Power and Nepotism.
3. No one ever saw Palin pregnant of her last child, but curiosly, her 16 year old daughter, abruptly left school and no one saw her for more than 7 months, because of an "illness". At the same time of Palin "pregnancy". My sources tell me that Palins last child is in fact the child of her daughter. Palin did that cover up because an unwanted teen pregnancy of her daughter would be a political liability, specially among social conservatives...
All the MSM cover about Palin is just spin to cover the truth that I have just wrote here....
McCain have just demonstrated that he have no judgment whatsoever...

I think older women feel somewhat threated by the appearance of a young alpha female at the border of the wolf pack.

People need to separate their simian sexual response from their logical minds. Let's don't elect our president based on hormones.
The same goes for girls swooning over hip-hop Obama and older women who want to mother him.

The fact is, Palin has substantial executive experience. You really can't compare decades of being a gas bag senator with years of being a mayor and governor in an enormous and complex land of enormous resources and strategic importance. It's comparing apples and oranges.

How can it possibly be an insult to Hillary if the McCain picks the best alpha female available? What was he supposed to do, ask Hillary to be his Veep?

Obama has a history of brushing women out of his way. Google "Dr. Alice Palmer" if you want to find out how Obama managed to run unopposed for the Illinois State Senate.

Obama called his mother a "position paper liberal" in his book Dreams_From_My_Father. He ridiculed her for admiring the racial harmony depicted in Black_Orpheus. He has contempt for women. He could have invited any number of wonderful women to join the ticket. Instead, he picked an old patriarch of the Senate, another gas bag with no executive experience.

I, like most women, am looking forward to seeing a woman in or ready to take over the oval office, in my lifetime, but she must be equally or more qualified than Hillary Clinton. I am greatly insulted by McCain's VP-pick "statement" that any attractive female can fill those shoes. I have lived in Alaska and believe me being a mayor or governor does not compare to "real world" experience. Alaskans consider themselves different from what they refer to as the "lower 48" states. It is a totally different world. I loved living in Alaska, but those are the facts. Now, more than ever, I am convinced that McCain's judgement is a threat to our Nation.

Altgough Obama fans may have been too ferocious about it,m we did try to warn Clinton fans _ did you not know McCainb was going down this path? Did Clintonistas really think Mccain capable of showing women respect? Have you not grasped what "4 more years" really means? Palin - the former beauty queen who became a 'reformer' becuase she didn't get the job she wanted, but who thinks its really about makin' babies and shootin' endangered species and drillin' wild-life preserves and using government to get back at people she don't like and taking bribes and teachin' cresationism in schools and - 'yup yup.' PUMAMA

Lets be honest here. A huge number of the female supporter of Hillary are lesbians. That's just a fact.

These lesbians would be insulted by Palin because Palin doesn't support gay marriage. So she's not the "right" woman for the lesbians. What? You think the lesbians are hitting the blogs? Of course they are.

The beauty of this choice is this: http://www.tenientemikeopinions.org/

If these Hillary supporter vote Obama that will automatically kill Hillary for President in 2012. Read it and weep you female on female vejayjay loving sweeties!

So Smarmy
"Hi TH. You are sadly mistaken. Americal wants small town values running the country. You are badly tone deaf as you were during the last election cycle. So many libs have gone completely out of their Gore since 2000. Sad"
I am from a small town in the swing state of virginia. Total population about 2500. I didn't say anything about her values. I said this seems like a joke and that her being a hocky mom and in the PTA does not impress me and make me want to vote for her (either candidate could die so you are also voting for the VP).
I think if McCain gets elected, she will quickly be replaced.

Palin might come across well during a scripted speech - but when she is speaking 'off the cuff' she sounds like a country bumpkin. Her 'aw shucks' ... 'yeah, man' ... 'yup yup' style might be acceptable in Alaska, but it won't fly in the Lower 48. To get a real sense of her 'style' check out some of the blog postings of Palin speaking on the Anchorage radio call in show that she appears on weekly (KWHL) -- especially the one where she giggles like a school girl when the hosts refer to Ak Senate leader Lyda Green as a 'cancer' and a '*****' = Palin just yuk yuks at those comments..... It is going to be an embarrassment when she appears on programs like Meet the Press, etc. Mark my words: The mainstream media is going to eat her alive. ... Also, for those who are asking: Palin is an evangelical to the extreme. ...
From a lifelong Alaskan and political junkie

I'm a 50-something woman from New England, former Republican turned Independent prior to the 2000 election because I couldn't stomach Dubya. In past elections I actually hoped McCain would win his party's nomination because I would likely vote for him. However, over the past couple of years his pandering to Bush and the far-right wing of the party has disgusted me, and his selection of Palin is surely a joke...or is it? As a woman I don't feel pandered to; Palin is obviously no Hilary and to even hint that she will pick up disaffected Hilary supporters is ludicrous. McCain wants Alaska's oil, it's as simple as that.

I'm a woman and I find this to be pandering at its most pure. If she were Stan Palin instead of Sarah Pain, no one but the very far right would vote for the ticket and everyone would think McCain was out of his gourd for picking such an untested running mate.
This is all about her pretty smile, her handsome family, and how young and fresh she looks next to an older statesman. That's it.

As stated, Palin is the stand in, the number two, not the top dog. What really matters is where the two Presidential candidates stand. We've begun to compare and contrast Obama and McCain, and will be learning more.

Obama's convention speech says it all. He angrily denounced the wealthy and successful, referred to taxpaying citizens as "workers" (a socialist codeword) . He'll be pulling out all the stops on wealth redistribution, extorting money from the upper class, and ensuring all "workers" are given a "job" to do, because you will "work", you see. Everyone, young, old, rich or poor, sick or well; everyone pulls the burden of the State.

Obama showed a degree of frustration and anger he has never shown before. Yet, everyone clapped and said it was great. Like lambs to the slaughter. Just climb on this train. We're going to a nice place.

The stage set was a metaphor, a looming, menacing edifice that symbolizes what an Obama administration would be, dominating the citizenry to a degree they wouldn't believe right now.

Obama's use of the race card certainly justifies the use of the gender or POW cards. Ultimately, McCain-Palin is the embodiment of Americanness, of pioneering spirit, and sense of limitless boundaries in personal and public life. Aside from the issues of the today, they ooze unabashed, unashamed love of country and pride in being American. It's one of the many stark contrasts between the two tickets.

McCain's choice of Gov. Palin was not the expectation that the Hillary voters would fly to the GOP like moths to a flame (that would only describe the black electorate's support of Momma Obama), rather that it would ignite the conservative base. It has done that. Mission accomplished.

The statistic that 39% of all voters think Palin "would be ready to be president if needed" is the most frightening part of this entire article. It shows how mindlessly partisan republicans in general and conservatives is particular are. I would hope that if an equally unqualified candiate were put forward by the democrats the number would be substantially lower. With nearly 40% of the voters in this country obviously cognitively impaired and or totally lacking any concern about the outcome of the election we are in a sinking ship. Start bailing now while the repugs keep drilling holes in the ship. Yeah drill here drill now.

I am a Democrat and thrilled with the Palin pick. McCain just handed us the election. Dem's don't even need to attack her.....the media will take care of that....and it is already starting. Not a single media person will put their name out there testifying that she is ready to be President. Thank you John. You have sealed the deal for us!

If you want to know about McCain's pick to be a heartbeat from the Presidency you should read this .... it even has a picture of her hometown where she got the majority if here political experience.
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/what-is-mccain-thinking-one-alaskans-perspective/
After you read this ask yourself if John McCain really puts his country first!!!!

PUMA: Palin Unity My Angel.... the new mantra of the group. I am one of them. I love everything about Sarahbara...... my next VP. Biden will get his plugs torn out by this beauty queen and beautiful mother, wife, daughter and Governor. She is the All American Girl. Make no mistake about it. You lefties are tone deaf. Big time.

It felt as if he kicked us in the teeth! How like a middle age man, going through a mid-life crisis; he does not understand that you cannot replace a hardworking woman with a pretty face that has no substance. Forget that, Obama has my vote!

As a Hillary voter who lives in New York, I will always love Hillary and Bill Clinton. However, I do NOT consider myself a traitor to her because I am now excited about Sarah Palin. NOBODY is saying that Sarah is a substitute for Hillary, so you hardcore Hillary gals should just chill out and give her a chance. I am now energized to have another woman to cheer on as a VP candidate, since Obama so callously discarded Hillary by not even vetting her, which was the final straw for me. This is suddenly an exciting election, and it is because of the tough, talented and lovely Sarah Palin! I commend John McCain on his brilliant choice of a running mate, and I look forward to wholeheartedly campaigning for the McCain/Palin ticket. As for "a woman's right to choose"...how about CHOOSING some birth control instead of abortion for a change??? GO SARAH PALIN!

Posted By: Obama is goin' back to Chicago | August 30, 2008 at 08:44 PM

If you want to know about McCain's pick to be a heartbeat from the Presidency you should read this .... it even has a picture of her hometown where she got the majority if here political experience. http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/what-is-mccain-thinking-one-alaskans-perspective/ After you read this ask yourself if John McCain really puts his country first!!!!

Well, we know that Obama puts his country last after sitting for two decades listening to and condoning the words of "chickens-coming-home-to-roost, U-S-of-KKK-A" "Reverend" Jeremiah Wright.

And if Obama is indeed "his brother's keeper", as of often claims, why does his brother live in a hut near Nairobi, on $12 a year?

Democrat
You are a hoot! The Dems will need to do nothing, the "media" will do all the attacking of Gov. Palin? Like there is a difference?
The dems and mainstream media are one in the same. That said, it explains volumes about the weakness of the "empty suit" Mamma Obama, that the race is essentially tied, even with all the free advertising from the mainstream media. Good thing the mainstream media is continuing its rapid decline....they are becoming as unpopular as the Pelosi/Reid incompetent Congress (Ha, 12% approval, 1/3 rd of Pres. Bush's rating!!) The "People" are getting their views and news heard in other ways these days. You go ahead and under-estimate Gov. Palin...that makes me very happy! Enjoy the wimpy Momma Obama while he lasts. Let Freedom Ring!

Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin need to take the foundational arguments against Obama: he is pro-appeasement; attended an anti-American and anti-Semitic church for more than 20 years; and, has no respect for human life.
Posted By: Kevin | August 30, 2008 at 06:51 PM
she is anti-Semitic miss Palin all so campaign for Pat Buchanan he said Adolf Hitler only sought to dominate Europe, making him, "no physical threat to the US" the jews in fl are going to love is pick

It felt as if he kicked us in the teeth! How like a middle age man, going through a mid-life crisis; he does not understand that you cannot replace a hardworking woman with a pretty face that has no substance. Forget that, Obama has my vote!

@Jack Ryan, is this the latest spin from Romney's supporters that he refused the nomination? Try something better than that. Be honest and say you don't like her because she is a woman, a mother and a conservative.
And by the way, this is for TH, there are a lot of PTA moms and they are going to adore her. And is nothing out of the ordinary for somebody not to have seen or visited the entire USA. You know is a pretty big country and Alaska is not quite near Pennsylvannia.

I thought that McCain was closing in on Obama. I never imagined he'd feel the need to make such an unconventional choice for running mate!! I mean, Palin seems like a genuine, perfectly nice person...I feel for her actually, she is such a neophyte politically speaking... I almost feel that she's being exploited, really... Unless she's an Oscar worthy actress, she's in for a rude awakening, imo ... What a race!!!!!

Thanks to several alert readers here at No Quarter, I have learned about a new documentary on Caucus Fraud that is just coming out. WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED, by Gigi Gaston, came into being according to their website because:

As Americans, we expect certain liberties and rights that were granted us by our forefathers, who wrote documents like the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. WE THE PEOPLE expect that these fundamental rights will always be protected.

However, in the current Democratic Presidential Primary, this has not been the case. We believe that the The Democratic National Committee (DNC) made a grave error by depriving American voters of their choice of Hillary Clinton as Democratic nominee. Senator Clinton, by all accounts, except caucuses, won the Primary Election and, therefore, should be the 2008 Democratic Nominee.

That didn?t happen, due largely to illegitimate and illegal acts. We have interviews of many accounts from caucus states recounting threats, intimidation, lies, stolen documents, falsified documents, busing in voters in exchange for paying for ?dinners,? etc.

There are at least 2000 complaints, in Texas alone, of irregularities directed towards the Obama Campaign, that have lead to a very fractured and broken Democratic Party.

The preview, all 33 minutes of it, is compelling. In essence, it is a visual companion to the work of Dr. Lynette Long at Caucus Fraud and Peniel Cronin on Primaries and Caucuses (which will appear at NQ shortly). In short, it is disturbing not just how this happened, but THAT it happened in our country.

I invite you to watch the preview to this documentary, about which the authors said this:

This documentary is about the disenfranchising of American citizens by the Democratic Party and the Obama Campaign. We the People have made this film. Democrats have sent in their stories from all parts of America.

We want to be heard and let the country know how our party has sanctioned the actions of what we feel are Obama campaign Chicago Machine dirty politics.

We believe this campaign of Change from Chicago encouraged and created an army to steal caucus packets, falsify documents, change results, allow unregistered people to vote, scare and intimidate Hillary supporters, stalk them, threaten them, lock them out of their polling places, silence their voices and stop their right to vote, which is, of course, all documented in WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED.

My deepest thanks to all of those at WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED for your commitment to democracy, to the rights of Americans, all Americans, to vote. Thank you for your courage and integrity in getting this critical information out. And thank you for bringing the voices of these Americans out for us all to witness.

Now spin doctors can claim that being two years Senators trumps being two years Governor. Sounds comparable in value to me. However, she is meant to be second banana for now, not top dog. And think about this; when was on major party's ticket person who did regular job in last decade of life (meaning not being just politician, or executive, or lawyer). So, who is champion of working classes now? Woman who went fishing salmon for living few years ago or couple of politicos-for-life?
Posted By: Mladen | August 30, 2008 at 06:52 PM
you Republicans are racist Obama A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. These figures do not include bills to which Obama contributed very substantially as cosponsor, such as the Coburn-Obama Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 or the Lugar-Obama Cooperative Proliferation Detection, Interdiction Assistance, and Conventional Threat Reduction Act of 2006, which were formally sponsored by Senators Coburn and Lugar, respectively. They also exclude amendments to other bills, although these in the Senate are not required to be germane to the parent bill and can therefore effectively be bills in their own right.3 Obama has co-sponsored 619 bills during the same time period Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions miss Palin is a "Hockey mom" silly mclame trick r for kids
Posted By: lawrence | August 30, 2008 at 06:08 PM

Which of these words counts as a qualification for the White House?
Mother
Wife
Daughter (doesn't this word apply to every woman on earth?)
All-American Girl
Beauty Queen?!?!?!?!?
"Governor" is the only qualification she has, and she was that for about ten minutes. The fact that you call her "Sarahbara" makes her sound more like a little sister than a potential leader of the free world.
Oh, and if "beauty queen" really is a qualification for leadership, does that mean John McCain really was nominating Paris Hilton?

I think that it is great that she was picked. I was a bit taken back at first but the more I hear and see about her the more I like. I don't have to be bitter to realize that she is a great pick and the GOP now has my vote!

Tokenism refers to a policy or practice of limited inclusion of members of a minority group, usually creating a false appearance of inclusive practices, intentional or not. Typical examples in real life and fiction include purposely including a member of a minority race (such as a black character in a mainly white cast, or vice versa) into a group. Classically, token characters have some reduced capacity compared to the other characters and may have bland or inoffensive personalities so as to not be accused of stereotyping negative traits. Instead, their difference may be overemphasized or made "exotic" and glamorous.

"@giselle, I regret to inform you but the latest Zgoby poll looks like that:McCain/Palin 47%-Obama/Biden 45%. Obama's bounce is gone. So I think, McCain you old rascall you did it again.:))"
Actually, McCain was ahead by 5 percentage points in the same Zogby poll before the convention. McCain has actually gone down 3 percentage points in that poll.

Gee not a Harvard or Yale law degree by either McCain or Palin. Would scholars may not think she or McCain are worthy? Naw that would seem eastern elitist, which of course is not rue because I read it in the NY Times. I happen to think she is ready because when that 3 am phone call comes, she will already be up and dressed in camo with a hunting rifle in hand to go kick some Democratic mascot, and I don't mean donkey. But, of course, if the presidential scholars want more credentials, maybe she can get a Masters at one of those fine liberal bastions of education in Washington D.C. over the next eight years while she is VP.

It's not the lesbian office workers who she will appeal to; it is the stay at home or working suburban moms. I have heard a lot of buzz from a lot of SAHM who were Hill supporters who are Palin Puma's now.

Character matters.
Sara Palin has that in spades as evidenced by her personal history. Education or experience alone does not make a leader as the world is full of educated derelicts.(C. Coolidge). A strong, well developed character coupled with education or experience is what makes a leader. A person with strong character will rise to the challenges facing them.
Since character is fully formed by adulthood, it is only responsible to evaluate the factors that helped form the character of people running for President. Sarah Palin imo, has the character necessary for leadership. Barack Obama's character raises many unanswered questions.

Lawrence.... you are right on. Nice post. What do you think about the PDS comment above? I am sure that you agree. It is really funny. I must be a saddist. I love seeing libs suffering mental disordrs over this beautiful breath of fresh air.

clemycali
"And by the way, this is for TH, there are a lot of PTA moms and they are going to adore her. And is nothing out of the ordinary for somebody not to have seen or visited the entire USA. You know is a pretty big country and Alaska is not quite near Pennsylvannia."
I think it's fine that she's a PTA mom, but why is that how she starts her speech? I think it would be better for her to start of talking about what she has done as Govenor and then go backwards. By starting off with her being a hockey mom and in the PTA it gives the image of that being all she is.
As far as her not seeing the rest of the country, I know it makes sense that most ppl have not traveled the country, but that's not acceptable for the potential president (VP).

Lawerance: 916 bills in 140 days? and serve on 5 committees plus chair the euro and nato affairs committee....When did he have time to go potty????? You Dems got and are getting snookered....Hill took the popular vote by a landslide untill the press told you the superdelagates reneged on the backing of Hill and their votes put 'bama on top....YOUR VOTES NEVER COUNTED...You got suckered!!!!!!!!!
Posted By: Retired | August 30, 2008 at 07:34 PM Palin
hockey pta mommy litte fun fact in the back woods of Alaska she works 90 day a year it is dark the rest of the year that is alot i read her bio she did not work 12 Straight she Started 12 year ago in the pta

I am one of the ardent Hillary Supporter. And it will be my first time vote Republican.
For the love of DEMOCRACY, I see:
Obama is not listening to the Voice of the people. If not he would have RESPECT the 18Million cry to put Hillary in the ticket.
Obama is not intelligent...because with Hillary in the ticket, he would have guarantee or most like guarantee the win. And last but not least, Obama's action does not match his rhetoric. For person who talk a lot about change, the first decision he made is to put Washington-Usual on the ticket...instead of rock the world by putting the first most qualified woman on the ticket!
We are voting for McCAIN for he is true leader with the courage to do the right thing!
JV
San Diego,CA

I don't have the foggiest idea what McCain was thinking. He picked the WORST candidate he could have. He only met her once! This isn't like buying an impulse candy bar at the check out line! She could be the next Commander in Chief! God help us if she is. One year in the governorship of Alaska and 4 years as mayor of a town of 8,000. Holy crap that's frightening.

Buy by.... You grossly underestimate O by 50%. You forgot..... HOPE. Notice that us Sarahbara supporters are much more intelligent than those who are not. No blockages in our brains in the logic and reason department.

@giselle, she did a lot of things as governor. I can quote a few because I don't pretend that I am awere of everything:she implemented a very strict ethics reform, she sold the private jet that was bought for the governor, she stopted the building of the famous "bridge to nowhere", she gave to every alaskan about 1200$ in tax rebates to buy fuel from taxes raised from the fuel companies and I am sure there are other things to be said. 80% popularity means she did something good. Is for the journalists to go to Alaska, speak with the people and see how she worked and then to reprort to us.
As about not traveling the country. You konw she does not compete for being geographer in chief. Being a traveller does not qualifies you for anything. Is good to do it. Enriches your mind but thats about all.

Thank you John McCain! Now let's have a discussion about gender and class bias in this country. Why is it that PTA experience counts less than community organizing? Is it a man thing? Is it an urban thing?

McCain did NOT kick us in the teeth...Obama did! I am so happy to see that John McCain cares more about women than the arrogant Oblabla does. Obama's despicable treatment of Hillary is all the motivation I need to get excited about the McCain/Palin ticket. It is a complete bonus that Palin is such an incredible woman and VP candidate...she is the real deal, strong, smart, humble, pioneering, hardworking and a loving wife and mother, what more could we want in a female candidate? It is not a diss towards Hillary to support Sarah Palin, because all women need to boost eachother up rather than tear eachother down. GO SARAH!

As a woman and a former Hillary supporter, I resent that McCain is attempting to gain the women's vote by chosing a woman who is against women's issues (i.e. the right to chose). Furthermore, I feel she was chosen partly for her looks - a sexist act of a dirty old man. After all, McCain is a man who traded in his disabled (old) wife for a pretty new (rich) one. It only makes sense that he'd want a "hotty" like Palin by his side. Who cares if she's the most inexperienced VP pick since 1903, McCain will be happy to have her to look at. And God help this country if they win. Go Barak!

What does one need to do to be ready to be VP? I could be VP. The job is a vacation with alot of clout. The VP goes to funerals and makes sure the doctors have the President's health under control.... Of course Palin could be VP. So could Obama. The real question is HOW CAN THE OBAMA PEOPLE EVEN SUGGEST THAT PALIN ISN'T QUALIFIED WHEN OBAMA HAS NO GOVERNING EXPERIENCE AT ALL! HE HAS NEVER GOVERNED ANYTHING. NEVER MADE AN EXECUTIVE DECISION OF ANY KIND. You need experience to be President. You don't to be Vice-President!what happens if he die 8 president in Office and mccarzy is the olded man to run if u want hockey pta mommy talking to Russia or China they will chew her up and spit her out this is a joke mcwacko he is a sick man

Team Osama Bin Biden?.oops?. I mean, team Osama and Biden is being outsmarted by team McCain and Palin. ACCEPT IT AND LIVE WITH IT. The POW and the hockey mom are prevailing against Harvard and Syracuse educated lawyers. Common sense and life experiences are matching well against book smarts. At the end of the day common sense wins. Only clueless Obama, the democrats and the greens would adapt Hitler?s philosophy of creating a perfect world by eliminating the less perfect. Clueless Obama, the democrats and the greens caused the rise of energy cost to have a perfect environment, killing the poor here in the USA and around the world. They also caused the killing of babies for convenience and for research.

"Palin is an accomplished Governor in her own right" said an earlier poster.
Yes indeed she may be the 49th most accomplished Governor in America, right between Arnold Schwarzenneger and David Patterson!

I think the democrats "doth protest too much." When we look at experience, Sarah Palin has more leadership experience than Barack. She has stood up to members of her party, corperations and corrupt politicans. When has Barack done that? She certainly is not part of the Washington establishment. She has done many new and creative things since becoming governor. I see great qualifications in this lady, in fact far more than Barack or Joe.

The problem with Palin: not that she's a bad or good candidate -- the jury is still out, and she might be a brilliant national politician.
Rather, its the suspicion that McCain made a Tailhook pick:
http://web.me.com/dnksr/vpilf.com/SARAH_PALIN__Vice_President_Nominee/Entries/2008/8/30_McCains_Brain%3A_The_Truth_Behind_his_VP_Choice_Sarah_Palin.html

I really want to know what you all are somin out there!! John McCain
is so much smarter then you think. He does not need all of Hillary"s voters to win. He will just do fine
Vice Pres Palin will pull in all of Evangel & Christian, Family Gun Right I can go on & on Rep Indep
& Democ Voters that relate to those issues that also do not want big goverment in their face!

The only "women" insulted by McCain's choice.... (irony) are the baby butcher crowd that masquerades as speaking for all women, while only advocating a socialist leftists policies. McCain didn't choose her only because she's a woman... he chose her because of her positions, which is why real Americans are happy about it, and our World Citizen voters are ****ed! He looked at governors in the country and chose one of the conservative ones. She is pro life, pro 2nd Amendment rights, pro family; so go cry yourselves to sleep and find the number to your therapists, because you are going to lose again in November. Next time, quit electing Marxists.

Dems have been championing strong women for long, and its actually funny if it was not scary to see GOP drooling over Palin simply because of her gender. Sad they never thought their strong, qualified women (anyone saw Ms Eisenhower in Denver?) were worth the pick. Hilary is a leader who happens to be a woman. I didnt support her but I sure as hell respect every fiber under that pantsuite

We know Republicans are brainless people, that is why they compare Obama's experience to Palin's. Would Palin have defeated the most powerful GOP machine like the Bush family in the primaries? The answer is NO. But it is hard to use logic with Rethugs because all they understand is dumb, stupid talk.

Enough! WE ARE A BUNCH OF MORONS! I don't understand how we could even consider having Republicans in power for 4 more years??? They need to be punished! Everything is screwed up! This James Dobson guy makes me want to puke and further pushes me away from listening to any republican Christians who feel like they own America. We are goign to vote for someone just because they are aniti abortion??? Is that what America is all about now? These repubs throw that in your face just like they did immigration so they can continue their wealth transfers. We need to take our country back from these crazy people.

Yeah, but the Democrats have only had 2 Presidents in the last 38 years.

Yeah, on the night of their historic convention the Repubicans steal the headlines.

Yeah, the Democrats steal the nomination from Hillary and then freeze her out of the vice-president slot even though Barrack is totally unelectable because of his EXTREME LEFT HANDED VOTING RECORD IN THE SENATE.

Yeah, the brainless people are those who had the White House looking them in the face after 8 years of Bush and they can't close the deal.

As a woman and a former Hillary supporter, I resent that McCain is attempting to gain the women's vote by chosing a woman who is against women's issues (i.e. the right to chose). Furthermore, I feel she was chosen partly for her looks - a sexist act of a dirty old man. After all, McCain is a man who traded in his disabled (old) wife for a pretty new (rich) one. It only makes sense that he'd want a "hotty" like Palin by his side. Who cares if she's the most inexperienced VP pick since 1903, McCain will be happy to have her to look at. And God help this country if they win. Go Barak!

I never knew the only reason a woman could ever run for office would be to pander to identity politics. Isn't it a hoot that the party of identity politics - the Democratic Party - is apoplectic over even the mere possibility of the appearance that identity politics might be used against them?

As for your despicable and desperate comments about McCain's first marriage, by all accounts that fell apart during/because of McCain's time as a P.O.W.

You're so contemptible that I wouldn't pee on you if you were on fire.

Never mind "Who is Sarah Palin?" The question should be WHO IS JOE BIDEN?
In 1987, Joe Biden ran as a Democratic presidential candidate. When the campaign began, Biden was considered a potentially strong candidate. In September 1987, the campaign ran into trouble when he plagiarized a political speech by the then-leader of the British Labour Party. It was also alleged that, during his time as a law student at Syracuse, Biden had plagiarized a law review article. Biden said it was inadvertent due to his not knowing the proper rules of legal citation, and Biden was permitted to retake the course after having received a Failing grade.
When questioned by a New Hampshire resident about his grades in law school, Biden had inaccurately recollected graduating in the "top half" of his class when he actually graduated at the bottom of his class, 76th from 85. Biden also claimed that he had attended on a full scholarship, and had received three degrees. In fact, he had two majors, History and Political Science, and received a single B.A. degree, and had received a half-scholarship based on financial need. When confronted with these revelations, Biden withdrew from the nomination race on September 23, 1987. (Source - Wikipedia.org)
WHO IS JOE BIDEN? WILL THE REAL JOE BIDEN PLEASE STAND UP?

We know Republicans are brainless people, that is why they compare Obama's experience to Palin's. Would Palin have defeated the most powerful GOP machine like the Bush family in the primaries? The answer is NO. But it is hard to use logic with Rethugs because all they understand is dumb, stupid talk.

The White House was the Democrats for the taking but you decided to make an unelectable Obama your nomination.

You deserve to lose this election because you don't understand and refuse to acknowledge that this country is moderate, which leans right.

Your EXTREME left candidate will never win the election because AMERICA is not left leaning even a little bit. And now you say vote for EXTREME LEFT?

You do it to yourselves time and time, again, by refusing to acknowledge that close to 80 pecent of this county believes in God one way or the other. And most of that 80 pecent are professed Christians.

You can be all insultive you want but we'll alway vote for core values and not for the left and surely not for EXTREME LEFT
mike t.

And we don't need your permission for how we think this country should be run. You should just consider yourself lucky you live under the umbrella of the blessings of this county given by God. But you will never run it with an EXTREME LEFT agenda.

There is a hot soccer mom in my town who coaches Little League and her team is doing great. They're 6-2. Of course the league has changed over the years. Girls can play if they like and each team must have three of them. All of them have to play at least one inning and get to bat once. Of course that leaves some better players sitting on the bench but that's ok.

There are no balls and strikes called, each batter gets 5 minutes at the plate to get a hit. The faster pitchers, harder throwers and more aggressive base runners have been banned from the league so no one gets hurt. Each team usually scores 40-50 runs because no one is ever called out. Games end when it gets dark.

Come to think of it this isn't Little League at all. No one strives for excellence or accomplishment only to be a suitable token participant. Political Correctness and Diversity have gutted the game and it's intent, that being to introduce competition to our children and perhaps even spawn a few careers. All that is gone now but the kids are all happy, all except those who excelled, and everything is peaches and cream. "Peaches and cream"? That saying also went out years ago, with common sense.

School starts next week. The girls have their pants suits ready the boys their pretty dresses. They'll learn about how the world is dying from global warming and how we need to shut down our factories and our cars and go back to the jungle to save the planet, in spanish. Everyone will pass, no one will excel. Accomplishment will be given Ritalin.

It's important to note that Sarah Palin is not qualified in any way shape or form. Mayor of Wasilla, population between 5000-8500 2 years ago does not qualify one to be VP. No foreign experience, very little economic. A good choice of qualified, acceptable women would have been Carly Fiorina, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Condoleeza Rice, or Meg Whitman. I know McCain knows all of them and they would have added something. The most qualified person should get the job, regardless of gender, but she's not qualified. I'm disappointed. There are plenty of men qualified too, so I'm not being biased. I thought I was going to vote McCain, but this is a condescending pick to me.

Please give women more credit than to vote for McCain/Palin simply because she is a woman. She is a woman who will help McCain overturn Roe v. Wade preventing women from choosing what they do with their bodies. She will see that sex education is not taught in school further increasing STD's and unwanted pregnancies. She does not believe in abortion even in the case of rape and incest. She is a Jesus freak following a Pentacostal religion. If you were afraid of Romney being a Mormon than the Pentacosts should terrify you. She is anti education. Her own husband would rather ride sleds around Alaska than to complete his college degree. One of the problems with the economics and job growth in our country is that we are not providing businesses will well-educated workers so they are going out of the country for their workers. When was the last time you called a bank, credit card company or business and didn't find yourself talking to India?

Am so glad to see the dynamic duo will be visiting the gulf prior to the hurricane. I bet those trying to prepare for a disaster want more than anything to be interrupted by this major photo op. Typical Republican power hungry publicity whore behavior.
god will get you two eventually.

Reports comming out now that Micheal Moore stated that the new storms that are going to hit LA ( I am there now) are "gifts from God to the Dem Party". I am going to make sure that everyone of my neigbors and friends know about this. You can not imagine the way I feel about this.

As a former Hillary supporter, and as one who voted BUsh before, I am now firmly with McCain/Palin.
Obama is too much of a blank slate - what does he really stand for? How will he actually do half - even a small percentage - of what he outlined without all of us paying 90% tax rates?
Like Senator Biden, h e hasn't met a tax increase he doesn't like.
JMart, get the coverage on Biden and his proposal to slice and dice Iraq - now that's foreign policy brilliance, isn't it?
And Obama telling Putin to "just calm down and let's talk about this" as an opening statement on the Georgian aggression - that's leadership?
At least tell people you are voting Obama, rather than attempting a pretense of neutrality.

mike t. In response to your post below I can tell you that repubs keep winning because they always throw that Christian bull crap at people. Not anymore, we have seen that Christians can sin big time. Hundreds of Iraqis dead for oil. And what's up with Christians loving GUNS? NRA etc... Bunch of hypocrites! You think McSame can win by adding an attractive secretary/model? There goes his celebrity line against Obama!
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We know Republicans are brainless people,...
Yeah, but the Democrats have only had 2 Presidents in the last 38 years.
Yeah, on the night of their historic convention the Repubicans steal the headlines.
Yeah, the Democrats steal the nomination from Hillary and then freeze her out of the vice-president slot even though Barrack is totally unelectable because of his EXTREME LEFT HANDED VOTING RECORD IN THE SENATE.
Yeah, the brainless people are those who had the White House looking them in the face after 8 years of Bush and they can't close the deal.
Talk about incompetence...the polls speak for themselves.
mike t.

I'm related to a Hillary supporter who was on the fence about voting for Obama. I asked her what she thought of Palin. She thought it was patronizing. I told her Palin was a creationist. She is now supporting Obama. No lie. Happened today. Palin = McCain's "Brownie."

I think that was a brilliant pick of Sarah Palin for VP. Every one is talking about her and not Obama. Obama is running scared as he does not know how to handle this. After he and the Democrats beat up on and screwed over Hillary they come across as very sexist. This Independent will now be voting for the McCain/Palin ticket.

I am ashamed I voted for Mondale-Ferraro in 1984, after hearing the shocking stuff Geraldine has said lately about her party. I felt sorry for all the right wing attacks from the Republicans in 1984, calling her every name in the book. She's gone over to them now. Where is Rod Serling?

I give Obama 3 weeks before he throws Obama under the bus, right after Palin rips the babbling hair plug a new ass hole.
The Democrat party is in full blown buyers remorse, Obama on picking Biden, and the Democrat Party on picking Obama.

The RNC site is talking about the way Sarah has set the party on FIRE. Has nothing to do with the killing of HRC by Obama. She is what the Base wanted! Way to go McCain......... by the way, did the dems do something just two nights ago?, No one can seem to remember.

Another quality appointment by the Bush / McCain team......
"your doing a heck of a job Sarah".
When was the last time a Candidate for President had to look at his notes to introduce his choice for a running mate?

Michael Teniente. I just went and looked at the site. Exciting news!....The great thing about the Palin pick is that we get a strong female at the top (everyone is OK with that) and we say ""by by"" to the Clinton nightmare!

I heard from a well informed Chicago Democrat that her husband purposely ran over defenseless bunny rabbits, sneered at caribou, and spit at several of our polar bear brothers, while out on that stupid, macho ski mobile race, in which he laughingly scoffed, when several of his fellow Alaskans pleaded with him to stop spewing more carbon into the lungs of our Mother, Earth!...OOORAH dude, git some! God bless you Track, Army Brother. Semper Fi! The Wailin' Palin is comin' home to roost!

Aaah yes, the tolerant Democratic voice of reason we all know and love.

The fact that you want me to, as you so elegantly put it, to "STFU" means you have no ability to respond intellectually, now doesn't it? Gee, don't you Dems all think you're smarter than all those "stupid" Republicans?

And I should be ashamed of what, exactly? Not being willing to cut-and-run when the going got tough in Iraq? Yeah, your boy Obama was so right about that, wasn't he? "The war is lost". I bet you ate that up, didn't you?

Too bad it was utterly wrong and now maybe - just maybe, if Obama doesn't win in November - a real democracy can establish itself in the midst of the most autocratic and philosphically-backward part of the world.

I bet that would make your head explode. You'd rather hand W a defeat than allow the entire world the victory of anything close to a true democracy in Iraq, you petty little twit.

Biden?s strength insinuates Obama?s weakness. Palin just add more to all MCcain's knowledge. Obama was quick to belittle MCcain pick for Palin, like he belittle Hillary. Ms. Palin has more presidential qualities than Obama the DEM Presidential candidate. Why he gonna hide in Biden's shadow? He needs to be himself not try to be who he is not. The DEMs echo, "she needs to go take care of her child" it shows they are so egotistic. Ms. Palin is taking great care of her family and will help put this country the way it should, with Mr. MCcain. A real woman takes care of her family and others (USA). As a husband and father of 8, I don't believe a woman's place is only at home or she is just to be wife and mother.
My hat's off to her and Mr. MCcain for the right and best choice!!!

Rove is what's wrong with politics in Washington and he should fear Palin because Palin will call him a "good old-boy" to his face! And then what will Rove say?

Palin took on her own party and big oil and that has to be a slap in Roves face because she's redefining what it means to be conservative. Or better yet, she is bringing the true meaning of what it means to be Christian Conservative and in that definition there is no place for the likes of Karl Rove. She is going to clean house!

Karl Roves time of influence is going to cut as long as McCain and Palin are in charge.

Zogby has been an unreliable Internet-based poll. For example, in 2004, on election eve, Zogby called the election for John Kerry. Zogby, of course, was wrong. Recently, it has been off by five percentage points or more from every other poll out there.

Thank you, Republicans, for giving us some eye candy on Barack's way to the White House!! Because, besides being Miss Wasilla (pop 5500) and the oil-hungry governor of Alaska, she doesn't have much going for her.
Thank you, Johnny McShame, for inserting a female into your candidacy in order to secure the female vote. My hunch is, women aren't that stupid.
John McCain = George W. Bush's Third Term

The liberals here are showing some poor logic.
What makes you believe that McCain chose Palin as a HRC substitute? What makes you think he is trying to "trick" women voters?
Perhaps you should actually take a look at Palin before you just assume that she was picked to trick you into voting McCain. She was not picked just because she was a woman.
Sarah Palin is a RISING STAR in the GOP. Period. That is the reason why she was picked. She fills every need that McCain needed. And NONE of them were because shes a woman. She is young, vibrant, and charasmatic. All things McCain is not. She has executive experience. McCain, Biden, and Obama do not. Her husband is a member of the Steel Union. She is real strong on family values. Real strong on conservative principles. ALL things McCain was shaky on.

Stop over-thinking this one. It?s not about Palin?s level of experience or her gender; it?s about McCain?s increasingly poor character and cynical judgment. The selection of Palin reveals exactly what Obama warned of in his DNC acceptance speech ? that McCain is deeply ?out of touch? with the huge majority of Americans that are fed up with the direction we?ve gone under Bush/Cheney. By selecting Palin, McCain just assured Americans that he wants to keep the status quo intact.
John McCain?s idea of ?change? is to change his mind every two seconds on so many positions and issues it makes my head spin. What is the man actually for or against?
In terms of values, what does it say about a man who claims to put country first then selects a VP with no knowledge or interest in Iraq ? especially one that has an enlisted son? Does it reflect good judgment to select a VP based on one face-to-face meeting and a stack of polling data? Does it reflect good judgment when a 72 year-old presidential nominee with a history of cancer selects a 44 year old with no national exposure or experience, and no previous interest in educating herself on world affairs to be one heartbeat away from the presidency in less than 4 months?
With Palin entering the picture, party zealots (and their overflowing bank accounts) are fired up and ready to go, to borrow a phrase. But do not underestimate the enormous hunger Americans have in wanting REAL change. We are soooooo tired of the same old ?conquer and divide? tactics.
Most Americans do not want the White House to yet again be filled with conservative ideologues and those tied to big oil. We need authentic change in Washington, not false advertising. True ?mavericks? do not pander to the religious right in order to drum up votes and money. There is nothing ?reformist? about a governor who cannot balance a state budget or a part-time mayor who taxes and spends. Claiming to be a leader on ethics reform while being investigated by your own state legislature on 2 separate ethics violations does not reflect a ?change? in the way Washington operates. Do your homework, voters. Palin?s record is excruciatingly thin. She is simply being used as a marketing tool to sell you on McCain. If elected, McCain will closet her away and only take her out for PR stints and fundraisers. If cultural conservatives think that they?ll have more access or influence in a McCain White House because of Palin, they are delusional.

Buh-bye Barack!: I appreciate your composure. "Petty little twit"? I must apologize. My thoughts were more along the lines of fat marxist maggots...I know, not very sociable. But, can you picture this brand of fat maggots humpin' the hills, with real live weapons, with their hero Che? It's much more convienient to murder babies in the womb, and pretend they uphold the rights of the weakest in our society.

Palin's pastor problem. http://harpers.org/archive/2008/08/hbc-90003486 "?If you really want to know where you came from and happen to believe the word of God that you are not a descendant of a chimpanzee, this is what the word of God says. I believe this version.?"

At least we won't have to worry about juan AMNESTY mccain trying to nail Palin if he becomes the next POTUS because he only has eyes for Larry Craig and Huck Sucks!!! They are probably doing some offshore drilling right now! juan AMNESTY mccain is a Piece Of Sh*t!

Palin is sure shaking things up. Given a few weeks of getting to observe her, I have a feeling she will be very attractive to mid America, the ones who swing elections. My conservative friends are getting "chills running up their thighs" they say. Highest approval rating of all 50 Govenors...she has something pretty serious going for her.

Michael Teniente, News that does not make the news. Bushs approval ratings are going up. 32% according to Fox. Congress down to 8. the war is what brings Bushs down and that is going well. ( we might win even though the Dems declared it lost and killed many of our troops by doing so.)

God help us all if McCain wins and then dies! Palin is not qualified. A journalism degree, a mayour of a podunk town in Alaska where many of the homes are not occupied and then on to Governor as of Dec. 2006 do not give the credentials to make policy decisions on security, international relations, US healthcare, etc. Even today, her bit about "the bridge to nowhere and thank but no thanks" was discovered to be B.S. In fact, she supported it and asked for more federal funds. The only reason she was elected governor is because the guy that was in office was running again and they all hated him. She was the lesser of the two evils. Since then her approval rating has dropped to 67% within 1.5 years. At the end of this post I'll paste the URLs so you can read it for yourself. Just because she is against abortion, has breasts, etc. does not make her qualified. PEOPLE, WAKE UP! If something happened to McCain she would be calling the shots. At least Obama has a political science degree, specializing in international relations, a law degree from the best law school in the country, is on the following Committees: Foreign Relations; Homeland Security & Government Affairs; Health, Education, Labor & Pensions; and Veterans Affairs. He taught and lectured Constitutional Law for ten years, and in the current 110th Congress, he has sponsored legislation regarding lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel. My 17 year old son said today "well, McCain's decision to pick her really means that he cares more about winning than what he's been saying about how he feels about the U.S. because how can you care about what happens to the U.S. if you know you could die and picked a person who doesn't have the right kind of education or experience to lead one of the biggest countries in the world?" I think my mouth dropped open that he actually saw through this at his age. Here are the links.
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/what-is-mccain-thinking-one-alaskans-perspective/
Also,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/30/palin-repeatedly-professe_n_122686.html
And,
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/30/palin-wanted-nowhere-bridges/
By the way, all I care about is who can make the best decisions. We can all decide on who becomes the next President but we are stuck with their choice for the VP AND BY MAKING THAT CHOICE FOR US.... I am ticked off at McCain for being so irresponsible.

You dems or so over with women. I was at a large function (baby shower) for a friend. We watched a little of the Ohio stump speach by McCain and Palin. When she introduced her husband.... all the young mothers and mothers to be, aunties and grandmothers started whistling and shouting HUNK HUNK HUNK when Sarah introduced her husband. He is a real hottie. Then when Sarah announced that he was a champion snowmobiler.... they sarted to fan themselves and feign fainting. YES..... there is a God. Thank you. Pure unadultered.... Eye Candy. They make a most beautiful couple and their children are adorable. That I know from when our Johnny introduced our Sarah on Saturday. She is stylish and very attractive. If Oprah does not seize the opportunity to showcase her on a prime time program of hers.... she is done with me.

Why was Biden not the presidential candidate if he is so good with 35 years under his old belt and why is Obama using him as a scapegoat or his mask. What's next? Will he be borrowing Biden's skin tone. Oh! I see,Obama is the DEM HYPE MAN, to draw in the crowd. As a black woman I just don't believe in Obama.Did you all listen to his speech at his Rock Star concert in Denver? He couldn't mention Martin, he couldn't mention the civil rights movement, he couldn't mention those who sacrificed and gave so much. It's very, difficult to actually create a new world if you don't acknowledge the world from which you are emerging." That man have to say what the (Whites) want to here, if not he can't be the President of the country. Obama is full of hypocrisy as those who putting him on the frontline. Just a large crowd Pleaser. He is such a geat HYPE MAN, he should hook up with FLAVA FLAV (the greatest hype man), they would be an excellent team. One learn to crawl before they learn to walk. He is just not ready and needs to be himself. Don't sell out!!!!!

TO POUNDSTONE regarding the Repubilcan Convention Schedule. LOL - this was the funniest thing I have read in a long time. I laughed so hard, I had tears streaming down my face. Would you please send me a copy so I can copy it and send to all my friends and Obama supporters. Maybe somebody can pass copies out to the protestors outside the convention for their amusement. It is an absolute riot!! Also, you should send this to David Letterman to use some of your quips as "Top Ten Reasons Why No One Will Be Paying Attention to the Republic Convention." As for "I Knew a Pony", we guess you did as all of your comments are always full of horse you-know-what. JACK RYAN - is there a website that supports the news story about Palin's Panicked Pick and Romney? I see substance to this story as after Obama's phenomenal success at the Dem Convention, the Repubs and McCain's possible VPs were probably scared out of their wits after seeing a record 84,000 people come out to support Obama/Biden. It was superlative and spectacular, and a complete home run, you all have to admit. I also heard that the Repubs actually bussed in a lot of the people that attended the introduction of McCain/Palin yesterday, as not to be embarassed by a poor turnout. People didn't even want to show up (did someone offer them free mooseburgers as an incentive?) Today, didn't only 500 people show up for the McCrypt and Palin show in PA? Rush Limbaugh, Karl Rove, Sean Hannity, Pat Buchanan and all the other Left Wing Zealots are all beaming all over the tv with their red faces saying how pleased as punch they are about Palin as VP pick, and doing it with a straight face. Inside, they want to die. (Rove told them to say "it was such a great pick" with a smile). Although I admit that I actually like Palin, she does not even know how to deliver a speech, she said the exact same thing she said yesterday (if I hear one more time about that "glass ceiling" mantra in that shrill, nauseating voice of hers, I will scream). How did the Alaskans stomach listening to her? And why does she keep mentioning Hillary Clinton, who she recently called a "whiner." Face it Repubs -they need to get Palin to a voice coach and hire a speechwriter quick, fast and in a hurry. I don't think a lot of people have really taken her seriously and still think that this whole Palin pick thing is some kind of joke or temporary gimmick. So far, she's resonating that loud and clear. Get with it, Palin! And I don't think you should be dragging your kids, and especially your little infant with Downs Syndrome, around to all these cities anyway. lastly, a lot of Republican delegates will not be attending the convention now because of Hurricane Gustav. I can understand why the Louisiana and Mississippi delegates can't come, but delegates from states that aren't even affected by the hurricane aren't coming either. (Aren't Colorado and New Mexico like a lot of miles away from the hurricane?)
REV UP THE BUSSES AGAIN, REPUGS, AND START GETTIN' ON THE PHONE TO RECRUIT THE AUDIENCE FILLERS AGAIN -- MONDAY'S FAST APPROACHIN.' (I just can't wait to see our heroes Bush and Cheney on that stage) NOT!!!!
OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH THE PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS AND OTHERS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE GUSTAV.
OBAMA/BIDEN '08

Tubby, that was an uncalled for comment about bitter lesbians. I am a bitter, gun and Bible carrying lesbian Democrat looking for a candidate to vote for. Please don't make me regret looking at McCain/Palin.
Posted By: Jane | August 30, 2008 at 05:27 PM

Jane, you need to get with the program. There will be many in here today acting like neanderthals, implying they are McCain supporters. While in truth the more outrageous their post are the more certain you can be that they are BO supporters trying to convince any and all HRC supporters that you really need to come back and support the One, who really cares about women. That is the way they play the game. But then again you already know how they play the game and that is why you are here.

I am a Kucinich guy.
But Obama has "The Vision Thing."
And Obama has "The Inspiration Thing."
And now Obama has "The Judgement Thing."
Looking at the way he has put things together, I really do think he is ready to lead.
Looking at the VP choice, I think McCain is the one who is not ready to lead.
I think McCain is afraid to take a European Tour like Obama did because the leaders of Europe will treat him like a tourist. Or worse. Like they did Bush.

So tired of white men telling me how I should vote. Oops, I am a woman, so abortion is my only issue. If only women, would come together, we could have nominated Hillary, or have had a woman president 20 years ago. We outnumber men, and vote more than they do. We have to stop this abortion nonsense, being shoved down or throats, by men. Neither party will ever do anything to curb, or advance abortion.

Obama has co-sponsored 619 bills during the same time period Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Committee on Foreign Relations --lawrence

Definition of co-sponsor:

Senator X (D): Barack, you want me to put your name on this bill to help make it look like you actually do something around here instead of being on the campaign trail every day?

Barack: yea, sure.

You are easily duped lawrence, but i think barack should get that post of yours printed out so he can refer to something if he gets asked in the debates: "have you ever actually done anything of significance in your live other than run for President?" Not that having his name associated with a bill actually qualifies, but it will give him SOMETHING to say and maybe people won't notice he actually said NOTHING.

What a wonderful choice in Gov. Sarah Palin for VP! Gov Palin balances the ticket beautifully and is the best person to aid John McCain as Vice President in his administration to run our country well. She brings in a distinguished record of executive experience - running a successful and popular government in Alaska. She has a record of clean government, reduction in spending and bipartisan dealings. An ideal ticket has 1 person who brings in Washington experience - experience with foreign policy, national security etc. while the other brings in executive experience - that of running a government. All major tickets, especially winning tickets in the last 4 decades or so have had such a combination. The Democratic ticket has no experience in running a government smoothly whatsoever.
As for the argument of experience - it is by no means of the table! It says a lot when the nominee for President is comparing his resume with the opposite parties nominee for VP! The VP position does lend itself to on the job training, but the office of President most certainly does not, like Joe Biden himself said. And anyway there is a world of difference between running for President and running for VP. The question of her becoming President and being capable/incapable of doing that arises only if something unfortunate were to happen to President McCain in the next 4 years. Obama could be President in under 4 months! Anyone who believes that Gov Palin is too inexperienced to be VP cannot even dream of Obama as Potus. I'm guessing we wont hear much from the Obama campaign this fall about the (in)experience of Sarah Palin - they would just be shooting themselves in the foot.
I however believe Gov. Palin is definitely ready to be VP, and even the President should such an unfortunate event arise. She has an amazing track record of running a Government and would certainly be able to do the job well atleast to serve out President McCain's term. Anycase by all indications Sen. McCain's health will be fine for atleast 4 years.
Also she has been the Governor of a state (a small state perhaps but a state none the less) and the Commander-in-Chief of a State National Guard (again, a small force perhaps but a force none the less). This alone put her as having more experience than the Democratic Ticket combined as neither of the 2 people on that ticket have any experience running a government or any experience of commanding an army (the person on the top of the ticket has no experience of being in an army, let alone commanding it!). Who would you rather have as CIC? For me its a clear choice - Palin. People ask whether you want to have Palin as CIC if anything happens to McCain - I ask whether you want to have Obama as CIC if anything happens to Biden (him not being there to mentor him and hold his hands every step of the way) or want Biden as CIC if anything happens to Obama. All this talk about heartbeat away really gets me - I would rather have Palin a heartbeat away from the Presidency than Obama at the Presidency! Also Nancy Pelosi is 2 heartbeats away from being CIC - now thats scary!!
I do not agree with people saying that the selection of Gov. Palin is a blatant attempt to get the women voters to vote republican this year. Anyone saying that is really insulting the intelligence of both the McCain campaign and more importantly the women of the country. I would ask all of you, especially women, to vote for the ticket not because of the gender of the VP candidate, but because this is the best ticket for a successful America for the next 4 years. Vote for Gov. Palin not because she is a women but because she is more than capable for the job of VP. None of us knew much about Gov. Palin till yesterday and I must admit that I was at first skeptical when I heard Sen. McCain's pick. I did some research on her and liked what I saw. I hope all voters would do the same so that they would realize Gov. Palin is not on the ticket just because she is a woman, she is on the ticket since she would be an excellent VP with the executive experience she brings in. I am sure that as this campaign progresses and people get to hear more about her and her achievements, the initial backlash from some quarters ('an insult to women thinking they will vote republican simply there is a woman on the ticket', or 'a pretty face totally incapable of taking tough decisions') will evaporate and people will vote for Gov. Palin and Sen McCain on the basis of their combined experience and achievements.

As a Republican I can admit that is some pandering to the undecided female voters in the selection of Palin. However, if the Dems weren't so afraid of offending a small minority in their own party,they might actually have a chance to win this election! The truth is that Obama is unqualified to be Commander and chief of anything otuside of Illinois and Joe Biden (selected to compensate that) is simply another career Washington insider.When all the hoopla over Obama subsides and the real issues are debated,he will be school;ed like the rookie Senator that he is!Oh,and another thing. Socialism and the thehe of "

As a Republican I can admit that is some pandering to the undecided female voters in the selection of Palin. However, if the Dems weren't so afraid of offending a small minority in their own party,they might actually have a chance to win this election! The truth is that Obama is unqualified to be Commander and chief of anything otuside of Illinois and Joe Biden (selected to compensate that) is simply another career Washington insider.When all the hoopla over Obama subsides and the real issues are debated,he will be school;ed like the rookie Senator that he is!Oh,and another thing. Socialism and the thehe of "

If Obama has problem going after a mother of five, he shouldn't. He need only state that after giving birth to a Down syndrome baby, she choose to go back to work after only 3 days. How many mothers would do that, and what does it say about Palin as a mother?

does the obama clan really want us to believe that the women aren't flocking over to Palin. Please, all I have been hearing in the last 24 hrs is that women are dropping Obama like a hot potato. I think the kool aid is waring off. GO PALIN!!!!

miss Palin all so campaign for Pat Buchanan he said Adolf Hitler only sought to dominate Europe, making him, "no physical threat to the US" the jews in fl are going to love is pick

Do you really want to bring up this subject. She wore a Buchanan pin when he visited the town she was mayor of.

On the other hand Baracks church gave Farackan an award for his "commitment to truth, education and leadership". So Barack and his church apparantly support the statement that "Judiasm is a gutter religion" or how about "Hitler was a very great man". Yea take your arguments into the Jewish districts. I am sure you will do well there. Good luck with that.

Doesn't it suck to be supporting a candidate with so many skeletons from a lifetime of bad JUDGEMNETS that he had to trade in his closet for a warehouse.

I?ve been an independent for about 6 yrs now, I cam over from the DNC in 2002, the DNC and the rest of the cronies in that party never fail to amaze me. They had the chance to have a winning ticket but blew it!
I think McCain?s pick of Gov. Palin was on the money, she?s no Hillary! but you know she never claimed to nor does she want to! She is her own women. A strong independent individual who will take on her own party and not apologize for it!
And you know it doesn?t hurt that she has five children, looks good and a husband that supports her. And what?s even better is that this just ****es off every left wing liberal, nut job that thinks women all over this country should be men haters.
I say to Gov. Palin? go get?em girl... I?ll be voting for her.

Nice to see the Leftwaffe swooping in to drop their typical fartbombs. Is that fear I smell? This is too fun! Keep showing your true colors! Misogyny, thy name is Obamabot! For years I've been waiting for the Republicans to show me that they're moving beyond their stale politics-as-usual. McCain may have just saved the Republican party.

More Fun Rumor and Innuendo!
"A very reliable source overheard Republican spokesperson McHugh Pierre state TODAY that he had spoken to the McCain Campaign. They are coming to Alaska tomorrow to check out the "Troopergate" investigation.
In other words, THEY DID NOT DO SO PROPERLY AHEAD OF TIME. "
A very reliable source overheard Republican spokesperson McHugh Pierre state TODAY that he had spoken to the McCain Campaign. They are coming to Alaska tomorrow to check out the "Troopergate" investigation.
In other words, THEY DID NOT DO SO PROPERLY AHEAD OF TIME.

Thank Ted, you are right - a great site!
YOU GOTTA GO SEE THIS SITE THAT HAS AN EASY TO READ CHART COMPARING OBAMA AND PALIN. IT'S GREAT.
audacityofhypocrisy.com/2008/08/30/sarah-palin-vs-barack-obama/#comment-1366

This is total B.S. All the hard core Clinton supporters I know have no backlash. They are impressed that McCain was willing to do this, and they attribute Palin's pick direclty to Clinton's success in the primary at receiving 18 million votes. A number aren't voting for McCain, but there is no backlash. Why would there be backlash among women celebarting a women cndayca.?

McCain's first decision speaks tons about his pure judgment and his cynicism. His VP pick feels like a joke. Imagine he get sick, of old age or something, and we get a recent two times major of an Alaskan village to be the president of the United States of America....I'll tell ya, it's surreal, it is the stuff comedies are made of. It would be very funny, if it was not very very scary.

I have read so many posts that claim to have factual knowledge that all Hillary's supporters are lesbians. If this is true then the democrats should worry. Lesbians do not have to worry about unwanted pregnancies, therefore they will not care if Palin is Pro Life. Also Roe vs. Wade has no effect on them one way or the other. As a result they will unanimously flock to the McCain/Palin ticket.

I am a Hillary supporter and I know many and I can vouch that this bit of propaganda is completely false. We intelligent Hillary lovers are not bribeable or trickable. We know Palin only agrees with us 98% of the time but the Republicans have given us respect and we have been dissed by Democrats. Millions of us ladies are throwing the election to McCain to punish the Democrats. Nothing will change our minds. I feel good about it.... thank you. You slap me as a woman - I slap you back. So just be a good sport about it. Obama's vp choice was a mistake but the whole country knows Hillary should have been at the top of the ticket and Jr deserves to be in prison. Anyway, I think Palin is cool and love the whole idea of it and the misrepresentation made up in this story as unsourced rumour is offensive unprofessional gossip journalism with an obvious agenda to try to help frightened Democrats. You idiots should be frightened by trying to promote a crack smoking Chicago con man to lead OUR country. Can you imagine? The false statement is this:
from Dem campaign sources in Ohio:
We've had multiple diehard Hillary supporters come into our office yesterday and today and say that HRC's speech didn't sway them and neither did Obama's, but they resent the Palin pick as trying to manipulate them and think it's insulting to compare her to Hillary, and they have gone from sitting this out to volunteering for Barack

Let's see how much women like adorable little Sarah when they find out she supports shooting wolf pups from helicopters. That loses her my mother and sister, 100% guarantee, and they're certainly not fans of Obama. And my dad, USAF 30 years, big on national security and foreign relations... "The guy's 72 and he picks her? Does he think this is a game? There's not a chance in hell I'm voting for McCain now." I may have a politically unified family for the first time ever!

When predatory populations get too big for their britches they must be destroyed. Like Democrats who prey on taking the money honest people make to give to those who are drag upon society. Democrats have let their misguided TOKENISM run amok by promoting a kid with attention deficit who has always relied upon the kindness of affirmative action.... a very bad role model for our nation's children. Stop with your willful blindness - your absurd candidate is dangerous on many levels. Be a patriot and stop trying to preserve species that need to be flushed - and may it start with turd Obama.

"Let's all be honest. Palil wouldn't have been picked if she wasn't a woman and Obama wouldn't have been nominated if he wasn't black. That's the truth and everybody knows it."
Jesse, as you rightly observed, the difference is Palin was chosen and Obama fought to be nominated

'jackryan'----WOW you Rombots are crazy. Let's get this straight McCain asked Romney to be VP and Mitt said no. Right. Romney spent $120 million, over half his own money, to loose, and then spends another $30 million all his own to be VP and says no.
Romney maybe an idiot, but not that big of one. His whole plan was to be POTUS when that failed he was desperate to the point of groveling to be VPOTUS. Mitt knows his career is over, there will be no 2012 or 2016. His paid for hacks will spin now that Mitt will have a 'big' job in McCain's Cabinet. That is not going to happen either McCain hates Romney.
End of story end of Mitt.